The Constitution establishes this rule: "The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative." According to this rule, the House of Representatives could have, on average, which of the following (we assume for this question that each state has at least 100,000 inhabitants):
A. fewer than 30.000 inhabitants per seat.
B. two seats for every 30,000 inhabitants.
C. one seat for every 20,000 inhabitants.
D. one seat for every 100,000 inhabitants.
Ans: D. one seat for every 100,000 inhabitants.
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